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Support Groups 11-8
Published 11/7/2008 in SouthwestLife : Area coverage
For a support group to be included in the following list, call The Telegram at 276-6862 Extension 242 or (800) 475-8600. For more information about other support groups in the state, call the Self-Help Network of Kansas at (316) 978-3843 or (800) 445-0116, or visit the Web site www.selfhelpnetwork.wichita.edu.
Domestic violence
Family Crisis Services (HEART), Garden City. Support group for those in abusive relationships, shelter for domestic violence victims, and rape crisis support. Transportation and child care provided.
Contact: 275-2018; Referral Hotline, 275-5911; (800) 275-0535.
FAX: 275-2761.
Substance abuse
Al-Anon Family Groups. For families and friends of alcoholics/addicts.
Location/time: 8 p.m. Wednesdays at the Warren Hotel (back entrance, west door, take elevator to the second floor); and 7 p.m. Sunday at the Methodist Church, Main Street and Kansas Avenue (enter at east door).
Tuesday Night Get-Along Group. A 12-Step recovery for co-dependents and adult children of alcoholics.
Contact: Jim Good, 275-7365.
Location/time: Community Congregational Church, Hazel Street (across from Garden City Public Library), Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous Hotline. Information for AA groups in the Garden City area.
Contact: Hotline, 272-5623.
"How To Cope" educational classes. Designed for friends and loved ones of those suffering from addictions as well as professional people who deal with individuals struggling with addiction.
Contact: Roxanne Baier, 521-2152.
Location/time: 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 10, 13, 17, 19 and 24 at Garden City SRS, 1710 Palace Drive.
Health
Alzheimer's Support Group.
Location/time: 2 to 4 p.m. on the third Monday of each month in the main parlor of First United Methodist Church, Main Street and Kansas Avenue, in Garden City (use entrance off of Main Street).
Contact: Mary Seibert, 276-8933, or Barbara McKenna, 275-6382.
TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury). To aid and support people with brain injuries and their families.
For information, contact: Logie Asebedo, (620) 384-5048.
Builders of Hope Cancer Support Group. Open to all patients, family and/or friends touched by this disease.
Contacts: Builders of Hope mentor hotline, 290-3970; Chaplain Remy Ekweariri, 272-2513.
Location/time: Downtown Vision, 413 N. Main St., first Sunday of each month at 2 p.m.
Builders of Hope mentor program/hotline. Providing information, support and hope by matching newly diagnosed patients with those who are survivors of the same or similar condition, providing comfort and education.
Contact: Builders of Hope mentor hotline, 290-3970, available seven days a week.
Central Kansas Polio Survivors Support Group. For survivors and others touched by the disease.
Location/time: 10 a.m. to noon on the first Saturday of each month in the conference rooms on the lower level of Hutchinson Hospital in Hutchinson.
Grief Support Group. To allow participants to share their feelings and gain the tools necessary to help them after suffering the loss of a loved one.¬ These are open support groups with no age limits; participants may join or exit the groups at any time and all groups are free of charge.
Location/time: 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month and 2 to 3:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month at the Senior Center of Finney County, 907 N. 10th St.
Contact: Chaplain Billy Kryger or Gina Cash, St. Catherine Hospice, 272-2519 or (800) 281-4077.
Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Support Group. For patients, friends, family and caregivers.
Location/time: 7 to 8 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at St. Catherine Hospital, 401 E. Spruce St.
Contact: For details, e-mail unhappygut@yahoo.com.
Social groups
Garden City Singles. Support for people who are single or are experiencing divorce, separation or widowhood.
Contact: Evelyn Curl at 276-6231 or Sue Knight at 276-7822.
Location/time: Senior Center of Finney County, 907 N. 10th St., third Saturday of each month at 7:30 p.m.
Gay Men's Support Group. Weekly support group meeting.
Location/time: Area Mental Health Center, 2101 W. Highway 50 Bypass, Dodge City, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday.
Weight loss
Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS). Nonprofit organization providing weight-loss support since 1948.
Contact/more information: (800) 932-8677 or e-mail Bednasek@networksplus.net.
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